Burgess A Unknown model as "Burgess Army"Data on early Burgess, like most other craft of this era, were not etched in stone and could differ noticeably between sources. Little thought was given to documentation, and "official" measurements might well have been best guesses or even patently incorrect. Figures, therefore, are representative.

Burgess A (Paul Matt coll via Avn Heritage)A (Herring-Burgess) 1910 = 1pOB pusher. W Starling Burgess (fuselage, wings, and gear), Augustus Herring (controls, engine and prop); ff: 2/28/10 (p: Herring). POP: 3, of which all versions suffered countless modifications, especially after crashesto name one in particular as the Burgess #3 would be inaccurate unless a specific month, or even day, was fixed. Even the A designation came after the fact; first models were simply Burgess (or Herring-Burgess) #1, #2, and #3, sometimes appended with fanciful titles like Flying Fish and Kingbird. The original #1 started out with one main landing skid and outrigger balancing skids, and six triangular fins on the top wing (which Herring felt would assure balance if the plane were to fall into a side-slip), a foot-operated throttle, a thumb-operated rudder(!), and no ailerons. For a landing gear, there were skids or wheels, or skids and wheels, two to four wheels in dual, tricycle or quad arrangement. Chary about infringement on the Wright brothers' patents, Burgess experimented with different lateral controls, including Pfitzner's sliding-panel "equalizers," which were replaced by "Farman flap" movable ailerons. Other major differences included elevators, the triangular fins on the top wing, and Curtiss-type interplane ailerons. Data for #1: 25hp Herring-Curtiss 4; span: 26'9" length: 33'0". #2: 25hp Curtiss 4; span: 27'0" length: 26'0". #3: 40hp Sturtevant; span: 33'4" length: 28'9".